04/01/2017 South Today

Welcome to South Today. - so it's goodbye from me -

Tonight, let us vape alone, e-cigarette users say they shouldn't

be forced to vape alongside regular smokers.

Are changes to rubbish dumps leading to more scenes like this?

The woman who turned her father's war memories

And from Fred Astaire's showy dance to Star Wars: Rogue one.

For 80 years the best films have been shown here

at the ABC cinema in Bournemouth but now the curtain is coming down.

More than a million people in the UK have completely given up smoking

because they started using e-cigarettes -

But it's been revealed that across the South many workers

who vape say they shouldn't be expected to use

That's despite Public Health England saying employers should

"make a clear distinction" between the two.

But there's also mixed messages about just how beneficial vaping is,

Phil from Southampton was a smoker for 24 years before he discovered

Since he made the change he says he feels fitter,

his sense of smell and taste have returned and he got a surprise

I said I'd stopped smoking about a year ago,

he said, you're now a nonsmoker, so since then all my

have been filled out as a nonsmoker, which is

brilliant, it saves me a fortune.

Public Health England estimates that vaping is 95% less

Last summer it produced a set of guidelines for

employers which said they should support

smokers to stop smoking and stay smoke-free

and make clear the distinction between vaping and smoking.

But Phil's employer, like most in the South,

It's classed the same as smoking, so we smoke in the same

It's the same thing, they don't see any difference between them.

Ian Green runs the Southampton Vaping Centre.

He says it isn't right that many of his new customers will

return to work this week to find a lack of support from their bosses.

It would be very positive if councils or larger employers could

work with the vapers and define an area where they can,

whether it be indoor or outdoor, to allow them to vape

without actually being next to smokers.

But not everyone in the medical profession is convinced.

Last month the chair of the Royal College of GPs

told The Times newspaper that she believes vaping

should be banned in all public places and shouldn't be seen

Vaping certainly is less seriously damaging to health

than smoking is and there are less toxic chemicals in the vaping liquid

than in nicotine and tar, but the jury is still out

There are some chemicals in there and the scientific evidence is

not clear cut yet, so we cannot say that vaping is safe but it is

For the time being, anyone trying to make

an informed decision on vaping may find their judgments being included.

And anyone who wants advice about stopping smoking can get

information on the NHS website - that's nhs.co.uk/smokefree.

It's been a day of mixed news for Southern Rail passengers.

The morning, it was announced that drivers had cut their planned strike

next week from six days to three - then they announced further

Our transport correspondent Paul Clifton is here.

Aslef has cut next week's strike from six days to three.

But the union has also announced another three-day

Next week there will be no Southern trains at all on Tuesday,

But there will inevitably be widespread disruption

on the Thursday as well, with trains out of place.

So the drivers get four days' impact for the price of three.

The next strike will take the same pattern.

The result - much more disruption, not less.

Southern called it a cynical ploy to reduce the impact

It will run no trains at all on strike days.

To put that into context, 200 buses would carry around 5%

Now, since yesterday, drivers are operating the doors

on seven out of ten Southern trains - the original basis of this strike.

Aslef boss Mick Whelan said he was taking a longer term

He said we are a long way from a deal being done.

Cases of fly-tipping in Reading have gone up by 20% since a new permit

scheme was introduced for dumping waste.

Last year, West Berkshire council withdrew funding

for its tip near Reading - leaving some residents

travelling up to 20 miles to the nearest council facility.

Nobody wants to work in a dump but that is

Reading is being turned into because of fly-tipping.

We have mattresses, beds, several mattresses.

People have obviously had a clearout.

Alison owns the travel agency and is worried this

We have had settees dumped in the precinct, toilets, bass,

all sorts of things, you wouldn't believe

In the latter half of 2014 there were about 1200 reported

fly-tipping incidents across the borough.

Last year that had risen to just shy of 1700, an increase of 37%

It seems there's no real limit as to just what can be dumped

in and around Reading but no matter what is in each individual fly-tip

it costs the council ?60.50 on average for each incident.

That's a total for the year of more than ?100,000.

I came to the precinct in 1988 and I've been working here since.

No, in the early days we never had anything like this,

this is in the last two to three years.

Many put this increase in dumping down to new

rules at the town's small recycling plant.

Last month residents were given a special permit to use it

but even though they are just a few miles away, tens of thousands living

over the border in West Berkshire have been shut out

Our neighbour authorities have not reported any particular increase but

we knew there was likely to be a spike so it is no surprise has been

some increase but we built that into our budgeting so we could cope with

it. The land owners remove all tipped rubbish as soon as it is

reported but locals here hope the council will not discard their

concerns. A Hampshire mother accused

of plotting to topple the Iranian government has had her appeal

heard in court. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

is a British-Iranian charity worker Her husband Richard, whose family

lives in Fleet in Hampshire, says their daughter Gabriella

is having to cope without her mum. She is getting older,

and as she gets older, about when we are going back

to London and where She talks about prison

as being mummy's bedroom. She doesn't really

understand things in the big sense and she's still young enough

to live in the moment. She is in a place where she's loved

and she's looked after. A student at Southampton University

says he fears he may not be able to graduate because of political

and economic changes The 23-year-old won a scholarship

to study in the UK. But the government in his home state

has pulled the programme, Prince Olibari was set a great

example by his mother. Despite their humble background

in Nigeria, she got a degree. And when he graduated from school,

Prince hoped to follow suit after winning a scholarship to study

in the UK. For people like me that could never

have dreamt of studying in university, it was a great

opportunity. But following a change

in government back home, They don't see value in education,

they see value in rules. Allow me to finish and bring my knowledge back

and change my country. The state government says it s

ending scholarships because of Nigeria is in deep recession -

many citizens feeling the pinch. Nigeria has been facing a lot of

economic challenges. State governments are not able to shoulder

their responsibilities. Prince was told his scholarship

would continue to be paid as he's in his last year but the government

agency haven't paid his final I don't know if they will allow me

to graduate or two to my final exams, they haven't told me, but

I've pleaded to my faculty to at least think of a way to help me. The

university has a student support fund which can help those struggling

with living expenses and on occasion it has allowed students to pay

tuition fees by instalments, but it will not comment on Prince's case

specifically, so he remains unclear about what financial help may be

available from the University. A non-league footballer's been

sacked by his club for mocking Bournemouth player Harry Arter over

the death of his baby daughter. Hitchin Town condemned the actions

of Alfie Barker who made the remarks on Twitter after the Cherries lost

a three-goal lead against Arsenal. Renee Arter was stillborn

in December 2015. Stay with us for some wonderful

archive film of how steam trains changed the character

of the Isle of Wight. Keggie Carew had never

written a book before. But she grew up with stories

of her father's courageous acts during the Second World War

and was determined to get them on paper before dementia took hold

of her father's life. So, she wrote Dadland -

A Journey Into Uncharted Territory. And it's won her the Best Biography

in the Costa Awards. I went to chat to her at her

home near Salisbury. As dad slowly leaves us, I try to

haul him back from the bottom of cardboard boxes and forgotten

trunks, from letters buried in desks, from books I have not known

about, from photos I am unfamiliar with, from diaries never meant for

my eyes. It isn't just that I want to stick together again, this is an

exorcism and a ghost hunt. Rebuilt him, rebuild me. Why did you embark

on the story? I knew my dad had done some extraordinary things in the

war, since we were young we have these Indian newspapers from 1945

that col Tim Lawrence of Burma and I got into his attic and found two

huge trunks full of stuff and I sadly realised I had an incredible

story and everything things kept falling into my lap. Did you learn

more about your father, would you like, I did not know he was like

this. There was a lot of wow, I knew he was extraordinary because he was

unorthodox, rule breaking, charismatic, living with him was

like being in a game of poker, you never knew where you were. He was

born in 1919 in the middle of the Irish War of Independence out of

wedlock, so it started off like that and went on. Tell me about the note

that kicked it off for you. He came to say and I was going through his

pockets and he had just started to lose his memory and I found a note

that said my name is Tom Carew but I have forgotten years. It was moving

but he was funny, once he had got over the immediate panic, he would

try to outwit his dementia. My neighbour came round and I overheard

him say to her, I don't remember you but I do remember your teeth. They

are very distinctive. So he was a joy. And a nightmare! How much of

this has been a personal journey? It has been a huge personal journey, I

am very much in this book and it has been hard because I have two

revisits a lot of tough family stuff because everything went pear shaped,

with a man like that it will go her shape. Post-war Britain, there

wasn't much call for aid agent in Hampshire in 1960 but it didn't stop

his self belief -- a gorilla agent. This is where you wrote the book.

This is my ramshackle shed, or my dad's letters and photos and secret

papers. What is next? I have something in my drawer, loads of

things in my drawer, more horrible true stories. Which you will not

share? Not right now click! And you can hear Keggie talking tonight on

front row at 7:15pm. Do you remember your first

visit to the cinema? It may well have been

to an ABC Complex. They were one of the biggest names

during the post-war heyday of British cinema-going and tonight,

one of the last remaining It's in Bournemouth and we can join

Ed Sault who is there ahead What an entrance, there certainly

has. Welcome to Bournemouth. Who needs Hollywood on a night like

this, this is where the action is as the ABC cinema closes its doors

after 80 years. Members of the public got to choose the last film,

and this is a giveaway, the DeLorean from Back To The Future and the

cinema, while looking back on its past, is also looking forward to its

future. It is a Bournemouth icon, a 30s

landmark but one that is closing down. The ABC cinema first opened in

1937 and everything from Fred Astaire's dance to Star Wars Rogue

one has been projected onto its giant screens. This is the

projection room for them they just screamed, screen one. We have the

two ages of projection, the old-style 35mm projection and the

new digital projector. And that is what is used now. One of the

interesting bits of history by the fire instructions. Instead of using

the word far, a charrette which used the word sand, like code, and rather

than a conventional fire alarm, Rule Britannia was played instead. I

started when ABC was part of the Cannon group and we reverted back to

ABC, so if you cut me in half I would have ABC and Odeon written

through me, so to close it is like a story full circle in my career. ABC

cinemas were well known across the south, as seen here in Portsmouth,

but Fred Hughes -- for those who work here it is bittersweet. With 80

years of history, knowing we are the 12 will close it down is sad on our

part but we are glad knowing we are looking to the future and looking

around we think it is so different, especially when we moved to the new

building. Tonight's screening of Back To The Future is the end of an

era as the curtain comes down on eight decades of history. A

brand-new theatre opens across the road in February. While there is a

lot of change on the card, some things aren't changing. I love this

bit. I will make sure you get some, Sally!

I know there will not be anything left after you finished that not,

and Chris Temple either wanted a drum roll or curtains.

That would be nice, one of those curtains for the sports presenter.

What happened last night? Are Bournemouth fans upset? I'm sure

they will be, 3-0 up against Arsenal and then you throw it away,

Bournemouth fans may have felt they should have been gutted but a large

number reflected on a night of positives at the vitality stadium,

which is proving the place to go for Premier League drama.

Goals, disallowed goals, penalty shouts, a red card

and a last-ditch equaliser, this had the lot.

Half of Charlie Daniels' family are Arsenal fans,

A temporary family split when the left back put Bournemouth

It's hard to keep the Cherries' pocket rocket Ryan Fraser

This push on the Scotsman gave Callum Wilson a chance

2-0, Bournemouth all over the 13-times champions.

Then came another point for debate, Harry Arter's shot coming

The referee ruled it out for handball.

That seemed irrelevant when Fraser belied his stature to thread

3-0 but not yet won, particularly when Alexis Sanchez

Difficult to argue with the quality of the Gunners' second,

The Cherries' quest to hang on wasn't helped by a red card

for skipper Simon Francis for a lunge on Aaron Ramsey.

The Cherries have today appealed that decision.

And with ten men, the resistance buckled as Olivier Giroud glanced

It's a strange one for us, 3-0 up, to be hoping the game is over

but you can't underestimate the quality of Arsenal.

As soon as they got that first goal, the game changed.

3-1, we didn't see the game out in an effective manner.

We're here to win and that's why tonight hurts so much.

And Bournemouth stay ninth in the Premier League.

Hampshire bowler Reece Topley has suffered another injury setback,

in his attempts to return to full fitness.

After spending the whole of last season on the sidelines

with a recurring back problem, Topley has today undergone

That will prevent him joining up as planned with the England

I think it was a case of not responding well to the physio he's

having and the decision was made to have an operation

but the encouraging thing that's positive is that it's a short time

out and he should be raring to go at the start of the season,

so that's a real positive for Reece and also for us at Hampshire.

It's back to business this week for the Berkshire-based GB rowing

squad, who have launched into their Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle.

The GB squad were back at Caversham today, before heading off

for their first training camp of the four-year build-up.

It's a mixture of seasoned Olympians, and new faces too.

The big target of 2017 is the World Championships

They had a longer time after the Olympics to recover,

four years on, very demanding on the body and to get the wheels

spinning again is not as easy and if you look now,

two and a half years' time, we have to qualify for Tokyo,

That lake looks cold. It's amazing when they say it's not

a lot of time, you think it is ages but not when you work Groening, it

goes quick. -- when you are training.

It's 50 years since the last British Rail steam train ran

The railways used to crisscross the island, but, today

there's just one short line from Ryde Pier to Shanklin.

Now, with archive film you've never seen before,

our transport correspondent Paul Clifton looks at how the end

of the steam era changed the island's character.

The Isle of Wight once had 55 miles of railways.

This is 1928, when trains linked most towns and villages.

From the 1950s onwards, the lines gradually closed.

At the end of 1966, Ventnor died because the line from Ryde

to Ventnor served the principal holiday resorts on the island,

Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor - and it took Ventnor about 30 years

to reinvent itself to become a destination once again.

Here is the last ever train from Newport, shortly before the tracks

were taken up. If you look carefully,

evidence of the old railways A platform that hasn't

seen trains in decades. Once called Whitwell Station,

here it is in 1897. And this is a junction of two lines,

the station building is long gone but the platforms are still

standing. The island always had old, worn out trains, second-hand

cast-offs from the mainland, but in the summer holidays they were

packed. The carriages made of wood are still here, restored on that

carriage railway. -- the heritage railway.

After 104 years, the last steam train ran on New Year's Eve, 1966.

The trains were probably much more busy than an average

were very much coming for their last trip of an era.

The final seven miles of railway from right to Shankland were

electrified, ready for a more cast-offs. This time former London

underground trails, old even in the 1960s, yet still soldiering on half

a century later. Certainly the eyes and railways never made any real

profit and they just closed a year because of their non-viable T. There

is a future in the sense that I didn't line carriage provides a good

service to and from the ferries. In reality, the island has

two heritage railways. Unlikely survivors

from the island's past. And there are no firm

plans to update it. And for those of you who'd like a

bit of steam, you can go to our Facebook page and see that archive

footage over again. Onto the weather. It was not quite so chilly

this morning but weather. It was not quite so chilly

this morning but it will get cold again. Temperatures were above

freezing this morning but remembered Tuesday, minus six Celsius and it

will be cold overnight to like, maybe even minus eight Celsius.

Tonight we expect frosty conditions but let's look at your pictures

because many have been out despite the cloud cover this morning, a dog

walker at Waltham St Lawrence in Berkshire, also a cloudy scene with

some brighter spells at Netflix and a few brighter spells at Hungerford,

captured by Ken Rayner. The night temperatures will drop like a stone,

potentially -8 across southern England, elsewhere temperatures

could drop to -24 minus three. There is a chance where we have crossed on

the ground that could create slippery conditions and maybe some

freezing fog first thing tomorrow morning, so it will be a bitterly

cold start, tomorrow temperatures will struggle to rise. Lots of

sunshine, barely a cloud in the sky and temperatures could reach five

Celsius along the south coast that just a high of two Celsius in parts

of Oxfordshire. A lovely end to the day but we will see increasing cloud

for western parts, the further east you are, you may see freezing fog

with temperatures dropping to -3 so Friday will start on a chilly night,

cloud will increase with a weather front from the North West thinking

South and East, it could produce some heavy rain from lunchtime

onwards on Friday afternoon and some milder temperatures, the air behind

the front will be milder, temperatures up to nine or 10

Celsius but that rain will clear south and east into Saturday

morning, so a bitterly cold start to tomorrow, temperatures could start

off at -8 Celsius, the usual cold spots like Bournemouth Airport,

Friday quite a cloudy start, some bright spells, temperatures milder

than tomorrow and staying mild over the weekend, highs of 10 Celsius.

High pressure will develop over the weekend so we will have fairly

settled conditions, a chance of drizzle but a good deal of cloud and

one were too bright and sunny spells. So it will be chilly

tomorrow morning. We will have more at 10:30pm tonight and then we're

back tomorrow morning. Have a great evening. Good night.

as he explores Naples, Venice and Florence.

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We can follow the escape route of Michelangelo.

Mildred is our first student from a non-witching family.